The official announcement will come soon, but Monument Realty has confirmed to me that today they are turning over to WMATA the west entrance of the Navy Yard Metro station --on schedule--so that "fare installation" can begin (i.e., making the entrance useable). Monument says they completed their building structural commitments to WMATA back on Dec. 21. (hat tip to Nats320)

If you look at the Half Street web cam, you can see that the station entrance at lower center does look like it's getting cleaned up somewhat. Monument's initial Half Street project--office, hotel, residential, retail--is not scheduled to be completed until the end of 2009, but the Metro station is expected to be reopened in time for the beginning of baseball. The 55 M Street office building is currently being built on top of the Metro entrance; the southern half of the block, which is currently a big hole but where a hotel and residential units will be offered, should see construction begin soon. Retail will line the ground floor (and some second-floor spaces) all along Half. No tenants have been announced yet for the retail spaces, and, as I mentioned this morning, Monument appears to be looking for a new chain to operate the 200-room hotel.

As for what Half Street will look like during the inaugural season of the ballpark while construction continues, the Office of Planning report on Monument's request for some minor modifications to their Half Street designs has a description: "As part of the original proposal, the applicant showed a covered walkway on the east side of Half Street as a temporary condition during construction. Present plans call for pedestrian traffic to be directed to the other side of Half Street on non-game days, and for the entire street to be opened to pedestrian traffic on game days. Therefore there is no need for a covered walkway. The applicant has committed, however, to maintain a decorative fence at the edge of their construction zone as generally shown in the original plans."

NEW BUILDING PERMIT FOR NEW COMMUNITY CENTER INCLUDING STEEL STRUCTURE BRICK AND MASONRY BACKUP

1240 12TH ST SE

02/19/15
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT CO / CARLTON W ROBINSON

E1503465 /
SUPPLEMENTAL

909 HALF ST SE

02/25/15
23 I LLC C/O RELATED COMPANIES / DAVID MILLER

SB1500157 /
CONSTRUCTION

INSTALLATION AND MONITORING OF 8 INCLINOMETER MONITORING SYSTEMS.
THREE INCLINOMETER CASINGS TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE K STREET BORDER OF THE PROJECT.
THREE CASINGS TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE I STREET BORDER OF THE PROJECT.
TWO CASINGS TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE HALF STREET BORDER OF THE PROJECT.

A HOLLOW STEM AUGER WILL INSTALL UP TO 30 TEMPORARY DEWATERING WELLS BY ADVANCING A 12 OD / 8 1 / 4 ID BOREHOLE TO A DEPTH OF 65 FEET. AT DEPTH A 4 INCH PVC FLUSH JOINT THREADED WELL ASSEMBLY WILL BE SET AND SELECT FILTER PLACED. INTO EACH WELL WILL BE INSTALLED A 1 HP TURBINE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP. EFFLUENT WILL BE DIRECTED THROUGH A COMMON MANIFOLD TO A BAFFLED SETTLING TANK AND DISCHARGED TO THE LO...

1015 HALF ST SE

02/12/15
THOMAS AN / THOMAS AN; HYH ELECTRIC CO. INC.

SG1500156 /
CONSTRUCTION

INSTALL ONE SINGLE FACE BUILDING SIGN AND ONE DOUBLE FACE BLADE SIGN

02/18/15
HALF ST SE LLC / STEPHEN R. HOLMAN

P1503532 /
SUPPLEMENTAL

50 M ST SE

02/18/15
ENGLEWOOD LLC / FVI2020

FD1500010 /
CONSTRUCTION

FOUNDATION OF GRADE RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HOTEL

55 M ST SE

02/24/15 HINES GLOBAL REIT 55 M STREET LLC / ANDREW P CARAYIANNIS

M1501184 /
SUPPLEMENTAL

100 M ST SE

02/11/15
SQUARE 743 INC. / JOHN GIUSEPPE-RAMCO

TL1500062 /
CONSTRUCTION

FIRST TIME TENANT TO BUILDOUT AND OCCUPY TENANT SPACE ON PART OF THE 7TH FLOOR THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND AS SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED THIRD PARTY REVIEWED AND APPROVED MECH. .PLUMB. ELECT. FIRE PROTECTION AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANS BY KTA.
INTERIOR WORK ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE. NO STRUCTURAL WORK INVOLVED.

02/13/15
SQUARE 743 INC / RONNIE E WRIGHT

E1503331 /
SUPPLEMENTAL

02/13/15
SQUARE 743 INC / DAVID FLEMING

P1503495 /
SUPPLEMENTAL

02/19/15
SQUARE 743 INC / DAVID FLEMING

P1503597 /
SUPPLEMENTAL

02/20/15
SQUARE 743 INC / GREGORY E LIGON

E1503498 /
SUPPLEMENTAL

02/23/15 SQUARE 743 INC / ANTHONY G SAMBURG

E1503518 /
SUPPLEMENTAL

901 M ST SE

02/19/15
US GOVERNMENT NAVY PWC / SUMMIT CONSTRUCTION AND ES

B1504570 /
CONSTRUCTION

REQUEST AND E&S PERMIT FOR WORK ON FEDERAL INSTALLATION. INSTALLING FOOTINGS AND SLAB WITH PORTCH SUPPORTS. MINOR GRADING AND SEEDING. BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS UNDER 700SF. LAND DISTURBANCE INCLUDING GRADING AND SEEDING IS UNDER 2 500SF.